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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:38:25 +0200
From:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>,
	Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] menuconfig: Replace CIRCLEQ by list_head-style lists.

Benjamin, Michal, All,

On Sunday 21 October 2012 Benjamin Poirier wrote:
> From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> 
> sys/queue.h and CIRCLEQ in particular have proven to cause portability
> problems (reported on Debian Sarge, Cygwin and FreeBSD)

Benjamin,

Thank you for working on this! :-)

> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Tested-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
> ---
> 
> Changes v1-v2:
> * integrate the patch/suggestion from Yann to fix problems related to the
>   usage of list.h with xconfig/c++
> 	* "new" keyword
> 	* offsetof redefinition
> * silly #endif placement mistake

Michal,

Any more comments on this patch?

If not, then I would suggest to push it for inclusion before 3.7 is released
(I believe it can go in, as it is a bugfix, not a new feature).

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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